Meat-slicer.



No. 729,915. PATBNTED JUNE 2, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 729,915, datedJ' une 2, 1903.

4 Application lecl March 28,1902. Serial No. 100,411. (No model.) l

My invention has for object to provide` a simple and inexpensive power-driven machine for slicing meat-aa for example, cutting steaks, outlets, te., and slicing ham. In order to provide a quick-acting and easilyoperated machine that will cut the bone as well as the meat and in a mere fraction of the time ordinarily required for cutting a slice and sawing the bone, I have devised the novel machine which I will now.. describe, referring to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and using reference characters to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my novel machine as in use; Fig. 2, an elevation as seen from the left in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view, the saw and upper bracket being in section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

10 denotes a table supported by legs l1. Said parts `may be of metal or wood and of any ordinary or preferred construction.

12 denotes a sliding bed which is provided on its under side with dovetails 13, adapted to engage corresponding grooves in the table. Cutting is done by means of a band-saw 14, preferably provided with sets of .relatively fine and coarse teeth on its opposite edges..

The saw is carried by a pulley 15 above the table and a pulley 1G below the table and passes through slots 17 in the table and a corresponding slot 42 in the sliding bed. The upper pulley is shown as carried by a bracket 18, extending upward from the table, and the lower pulley by a bracket 10 below the table, which may be attached in any convenient manner, as to the table itself, to one of the legs, or to a cross-piece 20, as shown in the drawings. The lower pulley 16 is rigidly secured to a shaft 21, which is journaled in bracket 19 and carries at its other end a belt-pulley 22 to receive a drivingbelt. (Not shown.) Pulley 15 is shown as journaled on a stud 23, which is adjustable in a slot 24: in bracket 1S. When it is desired to remove, to turn, or to of a holder 2S and agage 20.

adjust the saw, the stud is loosened in the slot by means of a nut 25 and the saw after adjustment is locked `in position by tightening up the'nut again on the stud. In order to renderit impossible for the saw to slip in use, I preferably provide the saw with equidistant openings `26 and provide one or both of the saw-carrying pulleysupper pulley 15, as shown in the drawings-with lugs 27 which are so shaped as to pass into the openings freely and hold the saw against slipping. The piece of meat to be operated upon' is retained in position on the sliding bed by means The gage consists of a vertical plate having upwardly-extending oblique prongs or teeth 30 v and adapted to swing on pivoted arms 31. The bed is provided with a curved undercut groove The head of a bolt 33 lies in this groove, the shank of said bolt extending upward through the neck of the groove and through a plate 31, which extends rearwardly from the gage. A wing-nut 35, engaging the bolt and bearing against the plate, acts to draw the head of the bolt against the walls of the undercut groove, and thus locks the gage at anydesired adjustment. A scale 3G may be `provided on the sliding bed at the right of the slot 17, through which the'operative portion of the saw passes to indicate `the distance from the saw to the surface of the gage, and thus enable the operator to set the gage to make slices of any desired thickness. The holder consists of two arms, (specifically indicated by 28 and 23h.) These `arms are pr eferably curved, substantially as shown in the drawings, and are shown as provided on their under sides with prongs 37, which engage a piece of meat and assist in retaining it in position. Arm 281) is preferably made lower than arm 28, to enable it to hold better the shank of a quarter or a smallsized piece of meat. rIhe arms are shown as pivoted on a rod 3S, carried by ears 39 at the end of the sliding bed. This rod may be used as a handle in drawing back the bed in use. In order to provide a relatively rigid but ilexible brace between the arms of the holder, I have shown said arms as connected by means of arod L10, the ends of which are hooked into eyes L11 in the arms. This connection retains the arms in position relatively to each other,

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but gives ample movement for each arm independently of the other.

In use the operator loosens wing-nut and swings the gage by means of pivoted arms 31, so as to place the surface of the gage at the required distance from the saw, as indicated by the scale, to cut slices'of any desired thickness, and then tightens up the nut to lock the gage in place. The sliding bed is then drawn backward away from the saw and the piece of meat to be sliced is laid against the gage and is held securelyin position by turning the arms It will be noted that the said arms are held in engagement with the meat by gravity, whereby they are free to yield to the inequalities of the meat. Power is then applied and the sliding bed, with the -piece of meat thereon, is pushed. forward against the saw, which is allowed to pass entirely through it, the severed slice of meat remaining upon the gage, as it will be held there by the upwardly-extending prongs until removed by the operator. To cut another slice of meat, the operation is repeated as before.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A meat-Slicer comprising a band-saw, a sliding bed having an undercut groove or guideway, a gage adapted to hold the material to the work, parallel equal arms pivoted to said bed and said gage, a plate extending from said gage, a bolt working in said plate and having its head projected into said undercut groove, a nut engaging said bolt and bearing against said plate, and a meat-holder carried by said bed.

2. A meat-Slicer comprising a band-saw, a sliding bed, a gage carried thereby, and a meat-holder comprising two curved members pivoted to said bed and yieldingly engaging the meat, said members being connected by a flexible brace.

3. A meat-Slicer comprising a band-saw, a sliding bed, a gage carried thereby, and a meat-holder comprising two curved members pivoted to said bed and yieldingly engaging the meat, said members being provided with eyes or sockets, and a rod having hooked ends engaging said eyes or sockets.

4. A meat-Slicer comprising a band-saw, a sliding bed, a gage carried thereby, ears projecting from one end of said bed7 a rod mounted therein and serving as a handle to facilitate the return of said sliding bed, holding members pivotally mounted on said rod and yieldingly engaging the meat, and a iiexiblc brace connecting said members.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK BECI'IER.

Witnesses:

JAMES SWAN, ALBERT SWAN. 

